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Jacket

1954 (made)
Artist/Maker
Weaver to Wearer (maker)
Place of origin
Northampton (made)

Jacket of black barathea and silk velvet.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Womenswear
Gender and Sexuality
Clothing
African Diaspora
Streetstyle Exhibition 1994
Object type
Jacket
Materials and techniques
Barathea and silk velvet
Barathea
Silk (Textile)
Velvet Weave
Brief description
Jacket, black barathea and silk velvet, Weaver to Wearer, Northampton, 1954
Physical description
Jacket of black barathea and silk velvet.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 1.14kg
  • Back length: 80.5cm (Note: Back)
  • Front length: 85cm (Note: Front)
  • Sleeve, inner seam length: 44cm (Note: Sleeve, inner seam)
  • Chest circumference: 960mm (Note: Chest)
  • Hem edge circumference: 104cm (Note: Hem edge)
  • Mounted height: 1500mm (approx) (Note: Mounted footprint)
  • Mounted width: 800mm (approx) (Note: Mounted footprint)
  • Mounted depth: 500mm (approx) (Note: Mounted footprint)
  • Circumference: 1055mm (Note: Waist)
Object history
Registered File number 1994/1874, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was called 'Teddy Girl Revival UK 1954'.
Bibliographic reference
Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties Described in the exhibition publication, called 'Teddy Girl Revival UK 1954'.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.953-1994

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O351436/jacket-weaver-to-wearer/
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